FLORIDA DELEGATION ADVISES EPA ON NUMERIC NUTRIENT RULES 

A group of 25 Florida lawmakers wrote to EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson Dec. 3 asking that proposed numeric nutrient rules for the state be based on "the best available science." The group further requested EPA work with Florida's Department of Environmental Protection in finalizing the rules.

 "Florida has spent several years working with the EPA and over $19 million to collect the necessary data, sound science and community input in developing numeric criteria under the Clean Water Act," the group wrote, concluding, "Florida will be the first state subject to such federal rules, so it is essential that the water quality standards are based on sound science and that all parties concerned have an opportunity to be heard."
 

Signatories included Sens. Bill Nelson and George LeMieux, and Reps. Adam Putnam, Allen Boyd, John Mica and Ginny Brown Waite. The letter and complete list of signatories is  available here.